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Former Worthington Trojan Martha Alwal is re-writing the record books down at Mississippi State University. Alwal, now a junior with the Lady Bulldogs, has already broken the school’s all-time record for blocked shots in her career. With 3 blocked shots in the Lady Bulldogs only loss of the season to Middle Tennessee in the Championship Game at the Gulf Coast Showcase, Alwal broke the school record of 180 career blocked shots held by Chanel Mokango.

Alwal is off to a strong start in her junior campaign with Mississippi State. Alwal is leading the Lady Bulldogs in scoring and...

The Minnesota College Athletic Conference has released their weekly basketball awards, and Minnesota West's Tiffany Gehl has been named the MCAC Southern Division Player of the Week.

Gehl helped to lead the Minnesota West Lady Jays to pair of wins last week, averaging 21.5 points, 5.5 rebounds and 2 steals per game while shooting 54 percent from the floor in the two victories. The sophomore from Fulda is 4th in the Southern Division in scoring 18 points per game and 5th in the division in field goal percentage, shooting 53 percent. She is also 4th in the division in steals,...

WORTHINGTON – The Minnesota West Community and Technical College President Dr. Richard Shrubb last week filed an appeal with the Minnesota College Athletic Conference, asking that all MN West athletic teams not be penalized for the actions of just a few. Because of an incident that occurred Oct. 26 during and after a state quarterfinal football game in Brainerd, the MCAC had put all MN West teams on probation. Shrubb is instead asking that the football program face suspension during a period of review, leaving the other teams untouched.

The Worthington Trojan Football team wrapped up their 2013 season with their end of the year banquet on Tuesday night.

Awards were handed out on Tuesday night.
Trojan Award: Zak Abdulrahman
Lineman of the Year: Zach Kempema
Offensive Player of the Year: Will Dudley
Defensive Player of the Year: Carson Hagen
Special Forces Player of the Year: Will Mulder
Team Most Valuable Player: Will Dudley

Worthington had 3 players chosen to the Southwest Conference's All-Conference team in seniors Will Dudley, Jessie Guerra and Zach Kempema. For Will...

Mountain Lake Area's Carter Kirk has signed a Letter of Intent to play basketball at Southwest Minnesota State University in Marshall.

Kirk started on the Mountain Lake boys basketball team in his freshman year and is a three-time Red Rock All-conference performer. He has helped led the Wolverines to the Class A State Basketball Tournament the past two seasons. He was honorable mention all-state in 2012 and was a member of the state tournament’s all-tournament team in the 2012 season. He is the career leading scorer for the Wolverines with 1,651 points — an average of 19 points...

The Minnesota College Athletic Conference has released their 2013 All-Division Football Teams for the season.

The Minnesota West Bluejays finished the season with a 6-3 record and had 4 players earn First Team All-Division this season in sophomore running back Reuben Linton II, sophomore linebacker Matt Shively, sophomore linebacker Cha'Ron Thompson and sophomore linebacker Dylan Hart.